State updates voter registration stats

JUNEAU - The state Division of Elections has updated its voter registration numbers.

The update, as of Saturday, is meant to reflect the latest snapshot of Alaskans registered to vote in next month's general election.

In all, there are 494,876 registered voters, more than half of them, or 260,530, considered undeclared or nonpartisan. The second biggest bloc is Republicans, with more than 129,500, and Democrats, with 74,720.